[CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:05]
          CALL TO ORDER FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER
15TH, 2025. I'D LIKE TO SAY HAVE ALL MY WELL, NOT ALL OF THEM. 
          THREE COMMISSIONERS HERE, INCLUDING MYSELF. SO AND WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? SAYING THAT WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL
GO RIGHT INTO NEW BUSINESS APPROVAL OF THE 
          [1.  Approval of the 2025 Clay County Local Mitigation Strategy Plan (T. Devin/T. Nolen)]
2025 CLAY COUNTY LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. SO WE WANTED TO CONVENE THIS EMERGENCY BOCC
MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY STRICT TIMELINE. 
          BY 5:00 THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT SIGNED RESOLUTION AND ADOPTION OF THE 2025 LOCAL
MITIGATION STRATEGY. 
          THE PLAN WE'VE HAD FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS. THAT PLAN IS BASICALLY A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT OF
ALL THE DISASTERS THAT HAVE IMPACTED CLAY COUNTY. 
          SO WE WENT THROUGH THE PLAN UPDATE OVER THE PAST YEAR. 
          WE SENT IT TO THE STATE BACK IN FEBRUARY, WHICH THEY HAD SIX MONTHS TO REVIEW IT. 
          THEY WERE MAKING SURE THAT IT ALIGNED WITH BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL TEMPLATES AND GUIDELINES
THAT WE HAD TO ADHERE BY. 
          CHAPTER 44 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A HAZARD MITIGATION
PROGRAM AND PLAN IN PLACE FOR US TO RECEIVE FUNDING. SO, FOR INSTANCE, FOR HURRICANE MILTON,
WHEN THE COUNTY WAS AWARDED FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS PROJECTS, THAT IS WHAT THIS PLAN GOES FOR. THE PLAN REVIEW OUR LOCAL COMMITTEE MEETS ONCE A QUARTER, AND WHEN WE MEET, WE REVIEW THE PLAN, WE REVIEW THE SCORING MATRIX,
AND WE REVIEW ANY PROJECTS THAT COME INTO PLACE. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 80 PLUS PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE MITIGATION LIST
THAT INCLUDE THINGS DRAINAGE, CULVERTS ENHANCING INFRASTRUCTURE. ON THAT PARTICULAR LIST,
WE HAVE SEVERAL LETTERS THAT ARE IN PLACE FROM HURRICANE IRMA, FROM HURRICANE DEBBIE AND MILTON. THE REASON WE DID NOT WANT TO LAPSE IN THIS PLAN IS WE
DID NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE ANY OF THE FUNDING THAT WAS COMING INTO CLAY COUNTY BECAUSE OF A LAPSE. SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION TO THE STATE BY 5:00 TODAY. 
          SOME OF THE UPDATES, THOUGH, FOR THE PLAN, WHICH THE PLAN WAS PUT IN THE SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTATION. 
          SO IT IS PUBLIC RECORD AND IT IS IN PLACE. IT INCREASED THE TROPICAL STORM SYSTEMS THAT
WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST YEAR. 
          THUNDERSTORM DATA. IT UPDATED SOME OF THE COUNTY MAPS. 
          THE 2024 FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THE EVACUATION ZONE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD,
FEMA FLOOD MAPS, THE BLACK CREEK BASIN AND THE SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK. 
          IT ALSO CLARIFIED SOME DEFINITIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. 
          ONE OF THE KEYNOTES THAT CAME OUT OF IT IS OUR RATING FOR CLAY COUNTY HAD INCREASED,
WHICH MEANS THAT FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT THE PREMIUM REDUCTION IS UP TO 20%. WHICH WAS A GOOD THING. WE'RE CONSTANTLY BUILDING SMARTER AND STRONGER INFRASTRUCTURE
WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO WITH THESE MITIGATION FUNDS. AND WHENEVER THERE'S A NOTICE OF FUNDING THAT COMES OUT FROM A PARTICULAR STORM,
WE'RE ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE GAME WITH HAVING PROJECTS SHOVEL READY TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT TO THE STATE FOR THAT PROCESS. 
          LET ME SEE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. WE DO HAVE THE PLANNING COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE HERE AS
WELL, TYLER NOLAN, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. 
          ANYBODY? THE RECENT FEMA FLOOD ZONE CHANGES THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE IT HASN'T
BEEN. 
          CORRECT. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE 2027. THEY'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR PROCESS FOR THOSE. 
          HOWEVER, I DID LEARN ON FRIDAY THAT THE NEW UPDATES ARE ALREADY ON OUR GIS PORTAL AND ARE
ALREADY IN PLACE SO THE CITIZENS CAN GO ON THERE AND SEE WHAT THEIR CURRENT IS AND WHAT THE PROJECTED 2027 CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE TO FEMA. 
          SO CLAY COUNTY IS AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THAT. TIM,
WHAT WAS OUR WHAT WAS THE PREMIUM REDUCTION BEFORE? I'M SURE THE CONSTITUENTS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          HEY. GOOD MORNING. TYLER NOLAN, NORTHEAST REGIONAL COUNCIL. 
          YES, YOUR CRS, YOUR COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM,
YOU WERE AT A SEVEN PRIOR TO WHICH IF IT WAS A 15% REDUCTION IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, NOW YOU'RE UP TO A COMMUNITY RATING SIX,
WHICH IS A 20%. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          [00:05:06]
I DON'T. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. 
          MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025 CLAY COUNTY LOCAL
MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE VICE CHAIR TO SIGN THE PLAN IN THE
ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR. 
          IT'LL BE THE RESOLUTION. SECOND, THAT RESOLUTION RECOMMENDATION. 
          ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S NONE OPPOSED. SO IT PASSES APPROVAL OF THE 2025 CLAY COUNTY
LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONE FINAL THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY,
YOU KNOW, FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH THE SUDDENNESS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS MEETING. BUT I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE STAFF. 
          THIS WAS A SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THESE FUNDS COMING TO OUR
COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PUBLICLY ADVERTISED OR,
YOU KNOW, VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING MONEY BACK TO CLAY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR STAFF FOR GETTING US GETTING THIS MONEY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO ANYTHING ELSE,
GOOD. 
          FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.